smaller Upstate NY cities and towns/African American communities

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A historical reference from the Sodus Point area of Wayne County, with mentions of places such as Geneva, Lyons, Palmyra and Jordan: https://www.fltimes.com/lifestyle/wa...64777e86c.html

Another historical reference, this time coming from Waterloo and Seneca Falls: https://www.fltimes.com/lifestyle/wa...20cead4c9.html

Another such reference, this time from Albany: Exploring the History of the Black Hudson River Schuylers - Hudson River Maritime Museum
Perhaps this writer, credited as the first black science fiction writer and raised primarily in Syracuse is related to the family above: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Schuyler

Historical sites in Albany: https://www.albany.org/blog/post/4-h...history-month/

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A historical reference from Delhi in Delaware County, as well as other parts of the county and in Norwich: http://www.dcnyhistory.org/images9/A...sDailyStar.png

http://www.dcnyhistory.org/images9/F...sDailyStar.png
http://www.dcnyhistory.org/images9/F...ilyStarPg2.png

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Nice article about this Canisius High grad, former Penn State and NFL lineman, but current mathematician: https://buffalonews.com/2019/05/17/j...-your-passion/

Rush-Henrietta grad Desi Green wins in return to Rochester for UFC125: https://13wham.com/sports/local-spor...ter-for-ufc125

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A couple of sports references in the Buffalo area...

Tapestry's Jada Kenner matches world record for her age group in winning 200: https://buffalonews.com/2019/05/18/t...n-winning-200/

Ex-Timon star Davion Warren earns basketball scholarship with Hampton: https://buffalonews.com/2019/05/17/e...rship-hampton/

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Professional reference in Ithaca: https://www.cnybj.com/tompkins-finan...tions-manager/

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A couple of sports references from the Syracuse area...

Game Faces: C-NS track star Jeremiah Willis is poetry in motion: https://www.syracuse.com/highschools...ion-video.html

Henninger high jumper wins event with state-best height: https://www.syracuse.com/highschools...ght-video.html

Also, in this list, Buie originally attended Troy HS and Drumgoole originally attended Irondequoit: https://expo.syracuse.com/sports/g66...o-college.html

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A sports reference from Beacon: https://highlandscurrent.org/2019/03...ational-title/
Rayvon Grey Bio - LSUsports.net - The Official Web Site of LSU Tigers Athletics

Also, currently has the NY State record for the long jump beating former Olympic Gold metalist(1968, a world record at the time and still an Olympic record) Bob Beamon's(attended Jamaica HS) record. So, this is likely a young man that will represent the US in the Olympics and world competitions in the future.

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A relevant article for today from Auburn: https://auburnpub.com/opinion/column...8b13090d6.html

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A couple of sports references from Syracuse(Shout out to Young Hoop Godz for the footage):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZI-ywsngVnU


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WWPr1Lpeh9M

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Some professional references, Rochester: https://rbj.net/2019/05/29/dixon-schwabl-13/
https://rbj.net/2019/05/29/ofc-creations/

Syracuse: https://cnycentral.com/station/peopl...son-05-07-2019
https://www.syracuse.com/tv/2019/05/...ning-team.html